@claudegohier @juglugs I'm sure there was a link, but rather than more people becoming conservative as they aged, people who lean left are more likely to be members of groups at risk of premature death and disenfranchisement

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That's what I've been saying. Conservatism implies wanting to conserve what you have, to avoid risk, and preserve the status quo.

Reagan-era policies that have concentrated wealth in the hands of a few without any of the promised "trickle-down effect" have denied younger generations the opportunity for wealth generation that previous generations enjoyed. What's to conserve when you ain't got nothing?

@claudegohier @juglugs don't forget that huge swaths of gay people, who would have been marginalized had they lived, were razed by HIV in the 80s; those people didn't get older.

@claudegohier
This.
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@claudegohier @juglugs Ding, ding. You are so right. It was always about class status.

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That's because of garbage like these morons.

@claudegohier @juglugs plus the young ones that are going to inherit wealth are likely going to be waiting so long that the beachfront properties will be underwater and only sellable to aquaman. Who probably can't afford a lot of dollarydoos.